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An honestly terrible grant application

Project title some Complicated thing I mAde up to Spell an acronym, Haphazardly (CASH) Project Summary In our project proposal we plan to develop a ground breaking technology. Existing technologies in the area that we are applying are rubbish, don’t work at all and if used may kill small orphans. Our technology Read more…

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 2 years2 years ago
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Calling for a Friday e-mail amnesty

“Dear Applicant” or “Dear Author” is at any stage of your career a terrifying thing to see in your email account. Just those words instil near paralysing fear that could only be worse if the opening lines also included a clown face and a balloon.

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 3 years2 years ago
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Explaining the not very secret formula for research funding

This year I have had one very singular purpose – get money. Research tends to flow in cycles between running experiments, writing papers and applying for grants. For me, 2017 is all about applying for grants. And writing grants, when you strip away all the flowery words about impact and Read more…

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 4 years2 years ago
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The unavoidable writing of all the things that need to be written

When I was in school, I was often told that I had to practice essay writing because I’ll need to do it later in life. When I was about 10, it honestly sounded like the sort of thing your teachers tell you so that you’ll actually keep doing something that Read more…

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 4 years2 years ago
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